The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Mike Stoops.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.08#285 of 458 · a typical amount
The tenure clock
Every stop re-aligned to its own first year, so the stops stack instead of scrolling past each other. The gray dashed line is a reference, not a path: each point is the median of whoever was still in the job that year, across every real OC/DC stint since 2014 at that role, and the pool shrinks year over year because surviving to a later year means not having been fired.
Oklahoma 2014–2018
Florida Atlantic 2021–2021
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Oklahoma, 5 years
−54.0
58.2 to 4.2 percentile.
Median defensive coordinator
+1.0
first season to last, across 239 stints of 3+ years. 52.3% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2018 | Oklahoma | no record | 58.2 | 82.4 | −17.8 |
| 2021–2021 | Florida Atlantic | 89.4 | 58.8 | 58.8 | +9.8 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Oklahoma, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Florida Atlantic 2021–2021: ranked 89th the year before he arrived, 59th at its best — went backwards.